Improved india-rubber fender for interfering horses



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- we sa CHARLES BRINCKERHOFF;

OF .FisHKiLn NEW .YORK

Leners Patent N. 85,205, me Derma 22, 186s.

rMPRovrzD INDIA-RUBBER FENDER Fon INTERI-BRING HoRsEs.

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4 d ww* To all 'whom it, ma/y concern:

.Be it known that I, OHARLEs BRINUKERHOFF, of Fishkill, in the county of Dutchess, and State of New York, have invented a new and improved India-Rubber Fender for Interfering Horses; and I do hereby declare -that the following is a full, clear, and exactvdescription thereof, which Will enable others skilledin the alt to make and use the same, reference being had to the ac' companying drawings, forming part of this specifieaf tion, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of my invention. l Figure -2 is a longitudinal central section taken 'in the plane of the line' it, igl,

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts. This invention relates to the production of a new article of manufacture, the same consisting of a num- -ber of India-.rubber balls .secured on a strap, or the like, to be secured around the ankle or leg ofthe horse whichv is Struckby the opposite hoof, or interfered with in any way, or, indeed,'it may be applied to the intertering hoof.

Y Inthe drawings-'- a a designate a seriesof solid or hollow rubber balls, which arelarger in size near the centre of the strap or cord, and decrease in size toward "each end, the same Vhaving holes made through their centre, and a strap or strings run through to hold them in place.

This string of rubber balls is secured around `the horses leg, at the point where the hoof strikes against or interferes with the same, or upon `the hoof which interferes with theleg.

This simple device will be found very elicient for the purpose for which .it is intended, and it will certainly prevent injury to a horses leg, caused Aby the vhoof str iking'the saine, as can be readily understood.'

' I am aware 'that wooden and bone balls have been used'for the above purpose before; also, that the application of rbber to the hoof of the horse is not new,

What I claim, is- The arrangement of a series of perforated, hollow, and flexible rubber balls, a., upon Ia leather strap, b, for forming a fender for interfering horses, all as herein shown and described. A

The above specification of my invention signed by me,-ths 24th day of October, 1865.

v CHARLES BRINOKERHOFF. Witnesses:

H. H. HUs'rIs, ApJ. GILMER. 

